Rules
2024 Show
- All youth involved must be junior members of the THCDA.
- Age for members will be Grades 3-12 as of Day of event in September held in Fredericksburg.
- All sheep shown must have a validation tag that will be issued by Youth Committee.
- **** Deadline to order tags will be April 1, 2024. ****
- Tags will be mailed to exhibitor.
- The cost of tags is $10 each and must be ordered in multiples of 5.
- Entry & tag order are completed using the form above, exhibitor will be invoiced for the cost of the tags.
- Exhibitor can validate as many sheep as desired, but only 1 pen of 3 will be eligible for show.
- Sheep must be Dorper or White Dorper, or a direct cross of Dorper and white Dorper.
- Validation deadline is May 1, 2024. All exhibitors will receive an email with a link to provide the required pictures of the sheep. Photos are due by May 15, 2024.
- A head picture of sheep with a visible validation tag in ear
- A body picture of sheep
- Sheep can be validated in a household family name. Only 1 pen of three per member .
- Age of sheep need to be no younger than 8 months old and no older than 2 years old at time of show. (No sheep older than 2 years of age will be sold). Sheep will be teethed to determine age and no ewe with more than 2 permanent teeth will be eligible.
- Sale order will be random draw or determined by committee.
- All sheep shown will be required to have a scrappies tag in place before arriving at show.
- All sheep will be required to have current health papers.
- Each exhibitor will be required to present a record book that will include an expense summary. Other suggestions will be finalized by committee. Record book will be turned in at check in.
- Each Exhibitor will be required to go through an interview. Will be finalized by committee.
- Scoring for awards will be as follows:
- Pen of 3 = 30%
- Record Book = 10%
- Interview = 60%
- 3 division will be as follows (based on their grade 2024-25)
- Junior: 3-5 grades
- Intermediate: 6-8 grades
- Senior: 9-12 grades
- Sheep will arrive on Thursday with other show/sale sheep.
If you have additonal questions you can contact any of the following committee members:
Tracy Womack 325-372-7478 womacksouthdowns@yahoo.com
Aaron Jennings 979-204-7952 aaron@wlivestock.com
Justin Marschall 830-459-8605 marschallinc@gmail.com